May 23, 2013
Architecture
Dwayne Macintosh, Deputy Fire Chief at FESTI. commented that; “With the ever changing world and greater consideration being given to the environment, the fact that FESTI is a LEED building helps tremendously with our marketing. In addition, the way in which it is presented is always something that makes an impression on people. The facility has an open, welcoming and modern feel to it which is not normally found in a fire training facility. Both of these aspects continue to wow people when they visit FESTI for the first time.”
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May 23, 2013
Furniture, Interior Design
Kids room usually isn’t the biggest in the house. Although they sometimes have more need in space than others because the grow and new things change the old ones. If there is more than kid than that become even bigger problem. Loft beds are the first step to improve their space. The second step is loft bedrooms. The Italian company Tumidei designed a great collection of such teenage bedrooms layouts. Projecting of the bedroom become a great test of imagination because of 33 colors of materials, 8 colors of metal, different kinds of melamine, beds under the closets, closets under the beds, bureaus under the beds and over the closets. Almost anything in Tumidei’s loft bedrooms is customizable.
Loft bedrooms aren’t just space savers. Besides their functionality Tumidei made them very cool and fashioned. They have very contemporary design so every modern teenager will stand up among their friends when they see such room.
May 22, 2013
Architecture
The new west building alone will add 127,000 sq ft accounting for the new gallery space in 65,000 sq ft of daylit rooms. With galleries on the one storey above ground, operations and mechanical equipment will find their place below in the basement. 230 overlapping and angled anodized panels are used on the exterior and glass curtain walls define each of the five sculpture courts.
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May 22, 2013
Architecture
With the creation of a new Library / Learning Resource Center, the once exclusively vocational college now offers associate degrees, enabling the students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Strong formal elements; grand portal, bisecting spine, elegant stair and bridge, play against the structural grid, forming a lively entry courtyard and sculpting the relationship to context and the spatial experience of users.
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May 21, 2013
Appliances
Dogma is one of the latest kitchens designed by Arrita Cucine. It presents new door made of solid yellow pine wood with frame thickness of 22 millimeters and brushed finish. There are 6 finishes available: dark brown, white, grey, red, platinum and natural sandblasted. They all could be combined with smoked or white sateen glass panels. Three types of handles are available: vertical with a satin nickel finish and two horizontal ones in the same finish but in different size. The kitchen also interesting because of shelves and frames with integrated LED lights. In addition everybody could accompany Dogma kitchen with external table and chairs made in the same finishes. New Arrita Cucine kitchens are a durable gift of the natural designed kitchen that lasts in time.
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